In class today we discussed "inclusion and exclusion" and reviewed our "universes of obligation" and the following middle school norms (agreed upon by all at the year's beginning): health, authentic respect, support, consideration, confidence, and kindness.
Class time was given to respond to the following prompts and some people requested spending additional time over the weekend on the following prompts:
1) List examples of times you felt excluded (not just school).
2) How did you feel as a sixth grader?
3) Who made the decision to change middle school to include 6th grade in some ways? Why did they make this decision?
4) What is going on in 6th grade classes? How could we find that out?
5) Make of "t-chart" of pro's and con's of having sixth included in some aspects of middle school.
We will continue to discuss this briefly at the beginning of class Monday and then return to the historical framework.
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